Reliability Maintenance Manager

Job description
Are you a hands on Maintenance team lead looking for your next opportunity? Our client specialises in producing high‑quality plastic injection‑moulded, painted, and assembled products.

The successful candidate will lead Maintenance Engineers and maintenance preferences to ensure the effective delivery of both planned and reactive maintenance across all injection‑moulding equipment.

Permanent
Dependent on Experience
Larkhall
Mon - Fri 8:15am start - Finish at 5pm
Friday is 1:30pm finish
 
Maintenance & Reliability Manager
Role responsibilities

Day to day supervision and direction of shift Maintenance Engineers to ensure delivery of maintenance service to Production and site (e.g. shift coverage, manage holidays and absence) across both continental and rotational shift patterns to ensure production output targets are achieved. Focusing on MTBF/MTTR rationale to maintain equipment uptime.
Attend Gemba review for outputs and actions taken from shifts to prioritise work schedule for maintenance team. Reviewing medium to long term actions
Engage with Production Team Leaders re: ongoing and new maintenance issues to ensure they are resolved, reviewed for RCA and actions logged for prevention. Review PMs for improved maintenance routine and frequency.
Perform PM Audits to ensure PM working standards are being met and/or improved.
Support with breakdowns where required. Emphasis on mentoring & coaching to prevent and maintain healthy work/life balance.
Adhere to contractor Management standards, RAMS review, PTW adherence, PLI and site inductions are adhered too.
Ensure effective handovers between shifts – communication is clear, concise and timely.
Manage effectiveness of department with focus on breakdown support and maintenance service ratio 
Maintenance & Reliability Manager
Skills

HNC/HND Engineering Maintenance qualifications

Time served engineering maintenance apprenticeship.
7+ post apprenticeship engineering manufacturing/maintenance environments
Previous management or Supervisor experience
Injection moulding manufacturing experience
IOSH/NEBOSH